Thanks for taking the time to comment on my recent post.
As you can see from that post, I too take the gravity of the world’s situation
to heart and try to write and think about it in ways that can transform us.
The love agent movement, while it has a reward structure just to get people
going, is based on my belief that practicing both the giving and receiving small doses of love
will be enough to awaken a shift in the way people relate. Although this seems small
and mundane, this is the very foundation of the non violent revolutions to which you refer.
We have forgotten how to do this often in our own small lives. All of the greatest teachers
and revolutionaries that have made any kind of lasting change in the culture began with these
practices of kindness and love in small ways. This is where courage comes from, the belief
that our mind and heart is workable and can give and receive love.

This is not a brand building exercise. This is me, trying to stop talking at people
and actually paying them to experience these ideas for themselves. It is an experiment
that goes far outside any business planning. If you have been a reader on my blog, you
will know that I don’t do the shiny, feel good thing- I ask people over and over again
how to make it real and do the hard work of loving.

Imagine for a minute if this could work, and 100, 1000, 10,000 people were deliberately more
loving in their own lives. These acts would make a difference. They might not free all the innocent
victims, or equalize monetary systems in the ways we would all hope, but they would be the beginning
of a real change of heart.

Why don’t you try one and see for yourself if it makes a difference. The missions are not all so
easy and fluff.

Thanks again for writing in about the weight of the world’s issues- you are right, but
inspiring people to love more is not wrong.

]]>By: gwen levyhttp://daily.goodcleanlove.com/making-love-sustainable/2014/07/03/dying-for-love/#comment-9481
gwen levyTue, 08 Jul 2014 02:20:01 +0000http://daily.goodcleanlove.com/making-love-sustainable/?p=7885#comment-9481I’m in to spread the message and be the message of love.
for humanity, but especially for our sisters.
]]>By: Marihttp://daily.goodcleanlove.com/making-love-sustainable/2014/07/03/dying-for-love/#comment-9459
MariSun, 06 Jul 2014 02:09:28 +0000http://daily.goodcleanlove.com/making-love-sustainable/?p=7885#comment-9459Thank you for writing this. It reminds me of the subtle power of prayer, often overlooked to the point of not tapping into its deep power and potentially endless energy. Definitely thought-provoking. I’ll have to figure out how to uncover some of the rocks weighing down my ability to love. For ten long years, I’d forgotten how. Then my son was born, like a sweet light illuminating a vast darkness. So many things have changed for me since. I’ve been shut up and dormant for so long.
]]>By: Nicolehttp://daily.goodcleanlove.com/making-love-sustainable/2014/07/03/dying-for-love/#comment-9450
NicoleSat, 05 Jul 2014 06:13:57 +0000http://daily.goodcleanlove.com/making-love-sustainable/?p=7885#comment-9450I am not one to bash any “movement” that is trying to do good, but I find this leaning towards neoliberal magical thinking to be a bit disturbing. Don’t get me wrong, we need more love in the world. We need more people doing good, and we need more people doing good without the expectation of some kind of tangible reward. We also need people who are in touch with reality enough to realize that the radical change that needs to happen to stop systemic racism, sexism, environmental destruction, and so on, is going to take more than people participating in feel good activities that will basically amount to feeling fulfilled on a personal level but will do nothing for systemic change. The whole concept of a “Love Agent Movement” immediately makes me think of other feel good, neoliberal, white upper middle class “movements” like Orgasms for Peace and One Billion Rising. Radical systemic change is hard work. It means confronting oppressive systems, it means being willing to be persecuted, it means being willing to give up a lot of things for the greater good. What it is not is a continuation of the status quo. And it surely doesn’t come with the promise of a material feel good reward at the end. I commend you wanting to do good, but make no mistake: if we want the murder and destruction of fellow humans, non-human animals, and the earth in general to stop, it’s going to take more than smiling at someone or doing a good deed to make it happen. I hate to say it, but I can’t take this blog/site seriously anymore. It feels like a giant advertisement.
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ValerieFri, 04 Jul 2014 14:07:40 +0000http://daily.goodcleanlove.com/making-love-sustainable/?p=7885#comment-9438<3
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